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fine arts

Cultural  
  1. Art that is produced more for beauty or spiritual significance than for physical utility. Painting, sculpture, and music are fine arts.


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He attended college at New York’s Cooper Union and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 2011.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Yi Won-kon, a professor emeritus of fine arts who advised Roh in the center’s early days, said he had initially doubted a wealthy socialite without formal training in media-art theory could succeed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Named after the activist and academic Angela Davis, an anti-racism icon, Hill studied fine arts at a college in New York.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

He handles the fine arts beat as well, talking to such luminaries as photographer Annie Leibovitz and painter David Hockney.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

This was during my second semester at UC Berkeley, where I had enrolled as a liberal arts major and later changed to fine arts.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

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